On Tue, 9 Dec 2003, Jaroslaw Pawlak wrote: > Brian Ford wrote: > > On Tue, 9 Dec 2003, Jaroslaw Pawlak wrote: > > > Hello! the problem is i'm not using all gcc but only ld and ld does > > > not understands the -mno-cygwin switch. > > > > > It doesn't need to. > > > > If you are only using ld, then just don't link with cygwin1.dll or any > > DLL's that depend on it. That is what the -mno-cygwin switch would do. > > > Yes, but when i do that i see several error messges that something is > missing, and i always get back to command with this dll... i'll try more > Then, please post those exact error messages so we can help :).
> > > Also i have to mix this cygwin dll with my VC program so this isn't > > > good solution for me. If you say that this option -mno-cygwin would > > > help then please tell me something more about gcc. > > > > > So, you must be using Cygwin's gcc in regular Cygwin mode, and -mno-cygwin > > would not be an option. In that case, I think you are out of luck. > > > nonono, "cygwin dll" is not cygwin1.dll but dll that was compiled with > cygwin :-) sorry for not to precise speech. > I understood that. Was it compiled with -mno-cygwin? If not, that is the problem. And if it can't be (because you have used Cygwin calls instead of Windows native ones), see above. > > I have "heard" there are complex work arounds for this, but they are not > > 100% successful. I don't know what they are, so plan to spend a lot of > > time googling, head bashing, and examining your "inner self" if you > > take this route. :) > > > > > I have changed ld becouse it had this 0 bit reloc bug, but when i > > > tried to make my dll with gcc (i already got the *.obj so i used gcc > > > olny for its -mno-cygwin switch) then i run into 0 bit reloc again. > > > > > Lobby the Cygwin binutils maintainer for an update, or make sure you have > > replaced the ld gcc is using. Look at the output of "gcc --verbose" to > > see which one that is. > > > i'll do that... > > > How to recompile the gcc alone? > > > > > You shouldn't need to if you do the above. > > > > > becouse binutils after compilation didn't left any gcc.exe. > > > > > It wouldn't. gcc and binutils are separate software packages. > > -- Brian Ford Senior Realtime Software Engineer VITAL - Visual Simulation Systems FlightSafety International Phone: 314-551-8460 Fax: 314-551-8444 -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
